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- Updated for May 2025
NS Air Brake Marathon
Driving a commercial vehicle is completely different from driving a car. Drivers must know more about their vehicles, and they need to take extra safety precautions. A commercial driver’s licence is required to drive a commercial vehicle of a certain size and weight in Canada. To obtain a commercial driver’s licence in Nova Scotia, the driver must pass a written knowledge test and a road test. This 434-question Marathon contains all questions from our other NS Air Brake tests. It will cycle through them until you’ve provided a correct answer to each of them. The Air Brake Marathon is based on the 2025 Nova Scotia commercial driver’s manual. You can also use our regular Air Brake practice tests for NS to prepare for your test. When you’re ready, take the Air Brake Exam Simulator.
- Perfect for first-time and renewal commercial applicants, and those adding endorsements
- Triple-checked for accuracy
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List of questions (classic view)
- You are approaching a city bus that is signalling left to pull out of a bus stop into your lane. You should
- Flashing red lights may not be used on which of the following vehicles?
- Your vehicle's winter emergency kit should include which of the following?
- Under what circumstances are you permitted to exceed the posted speed limit?
- What is the purpose of the demerit point system?
- In Nova Scotia, you may not carry ________ in a trailer or mobile home while you are towing it on a public road.
- If the traffic signals at an intersection have stopped working, what should you do?
- Demerit points may be removed from an experienced driver's record if the driver
- How many demerit points will be added to your driving record if you're convicted of driving to the left of the centreline?
- Upon accumulating four demerit points, a newly licensed driver
- If a learner driver accumulates four demerit points, his or her licence will be suspended
- If you are convicted of speeding between 16 and 30 km/h over the posted speed limit, ____ points will be added to your driving record.
- What should you NOT do when walking along a road?
- In heavy rain, your tires can ride on a film of water and lose contact with the road. This hazard is known as
- In heavy rain, your tires can ride on a film of water and start to hydroplane. What should you do reduce the risk of this happening?
- In which of the following situations do you need to stop driving and instead call for assistance?
- If your vehicle is suddenly plunged into a body of water, what is your best course of action?
- If you are convicted of careless driving, ____ points will be added to your driving record.
- You must be at least ____ years old to apply for a learner's licence.
- Under the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program, a newly licensed driver must remain in the newly licensed (Class 5N) stage for
- You must always stop at a red light unless
- If you are convicted of street racing, ____ points will be added to your driving record.
- A newly licensed driver may drive unaccompanied late at night if he or she is driving to
- You are approaching an unmarked crosswalk where a pedestrian is about to cross. Who must yield?
- Two cars arrive at an intersection at about the same time. Which of the following is most true?
- When following a fire truck with its lights flashing and siren on, you must stay ________ behind it.
- Two cars are turning onto a divided highway. Which cars are turning correctly?
- Unless otherwise posted, the maximum speed permitted on any Nova Scotia roadway is
- Car B has entered an intersection to turn right on a red signal. Then Car A approaches the intersection on a green signal. Which of the following is true?
- When waiting to make a left turn at an intersection,
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